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  • Neil's wheelless 22‏

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    22. May 29, 2011. Friends; The guy can’t catch a break. Neil was supposed to leave Istanbul today. He called from the airport at 7:30 PM our time (5:30 AM, his time) to report that he had gotten to the airport OK, 3 hours early, and his baggage was all checked in. We wished him…

  • Amputee

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    I want to disappear. Just for a while. Not answer e-mails, phone calls, text messages. I want to start feeling like myself again – lose 15 lbs, fit into dresses I could 6 months ago, look in the mirror and recognize past face and skin the ?woman? inside her own body. How much do we…

  • Neil's wheelless 21‏

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    21. Neil’s Wheelless May 26, 2012 Merhaba, benim arkadaşlarım. (Or, “Hello, my friends.” for those who don’t speak Turkish). Neil finally called. I was concerned that he might have damaged his dialing finger in an industrial accident – but no. He claims that he couldn’t locate a phone. If he says it, it must be…

  • It takes 10 minutes to drive to work

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    On my way in to work I tried to save a little gray kitten that had run into the middle on an intersection and then up into some woman’s spare tire – while she was in the right turn lane. So I immediately pulled over and put on my flashers and three other people and…

  • Ask the Oracle

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    This is a pretty cool link from Rebecca Loudon’s blog. The best way to find out about your life anyway is to read poems. That’s what I think anyway. When I went I didn’t have a particular question so cleared my mind as they said I should do. Here’s my deal – sometimes love is…

  • Gather Kindling Issue 5

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    There’s finally a link to purchase Gather Kindling Issue 5. I still haven’t seen it yet, but I have all the faith in the world that it lingers like spilled cologne. Did I mention that Pat’s cologne peed all over our suitcase and on my pants that I’m wearing today and I didn’t realize until…

  • Dream fragments

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    Last night I had a dream I was pulling a giant sliver from the bottom of my foot. I don’t remember any pain, but Pat was there watching me squeeze this sharp, brown pin with my thumbs. I was able to extract the entire thing without it breaking in two. Quick and easy. Only I…

  • Neil's wheelless 19‏

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    19. May 20. 2012 Sic transit Neil. I got an email from Fadime. Neil is under her care, again. The photos and her email says it all. -Steve Hello Julie, Neil and I are visiting my family in Pozanti, a town an hour far from Adana. Neil loves the mountains around the town. You will…

  • Neil's wheelless 18‏

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    18. May 17, 2012 Attention Neil stalkers: Neil stays true to his pattern. He continues to talk with anyone that he can. He has had conversations with: -an Indonesian couple who were on vacation from their work in Dubai, -a Taiwanese lady with a broken ankle in a walking cast, -a shopkeeper who told him…

  • My body's revolt

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    I was productive this morning for about 20 minutes. And already I’ve hit a before noon wall. That picture of the iris with it’s head flopped over – that’s how I feel today. I wouldn’t mind being a flopped over iris today if it meant I could lay in the sun in the dirt in…